And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
- Matthew Arnold

3.15.2008

10 Things you should NOT say to an overdue woman:

10. Boy, you don't look like you've dropped at all.9. You look like you just have a basketball under your shirt! (I guess this is preferable to "You're really carrying that baby all around, aren't you?")8. Why are you still here?7. I was 3 weeks late with mine.6. I can see your belly.5. You look like you're about to pop!4. Boy, you look uncomfortable.3. Not in labor yet, huh?2. You should be at home with your baby.1. Moo. (Thank you, Sam Gettleman, you jerk.)